How Trump could undermine the midterms
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Key context: <p>The president really has no power over elections – but that hasn’t stopped Trump from laying the groundwork to challenge results in November</p><p>When Donald Trump commandeered primetime US television last Friday, he delivered a familiar, but still extraordinary, message. The president argued once again that the results of the 2020 election, which he lost to Joe Biden, were illegitimate.</p><p>US elections are “vulnerable to being rigged and stolen”, Trump alleged, claiming that “the trust of the American people was lost” when he was defeated.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/news/ng-interactive/2026/jul/26/trump-undermine-us-midterms">Continue reading...</a> This development from The Guardian highlights ongoing changes in the sector.
The president really has no power over elections – but that hasn’t stopped Trump from laying the groundwork to challenge results in NovemberWhen Donald Trump commandeered primetime US television last Friday, he delivered a familiar, but still extraordinary, message. The president argued once again that the results of the 2020 election, which he lost to Joe Biden, were illegitimate.US elections are “vulnerable to being rigged and stolen”, Trump alleged, claiming that “the trust of the American people was lost” when he was defeated. Continue reading...
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